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D’Lo Brown and Matt Striker welcome fans to Emergence! We kick things off with the GCW World Champion Matt Cardona in action!
Matt Cardona (w/Chelsea Green) vs. Rohit Raju (w/Shera)
Matt Cardona charges over, looking to lock up. Rohit Raju ducks under and slides out of the ring. Back in the ring, Raju goes behind and applies a side headlock. Cardona steps through with a shoulder tackle. Raju lands a nice leapfrog as Cardona runs the ropes, but another shoulder tackle sends Raju retreating out of the ring. The fans are behind Cardona with “Always Ready” chants. Raju returns to the ring.
Cardona catches Raju’s leg and hits a clothesline. Cardona drags Raju over to two corners and smashes his head into the top turnbuckles. Cardona sends Raju over the top rope with a nice clothesline. On the outside, Shera and Cardona have a staredown. Cardona picked up a victory over Shera last night. Shera is still salty over that. Back to the action, Raju pulls the ring skirt out seconds before Cardona flies over the ropes with a plancha. Raju drags Cardona back into the ring and looks for the first pin in the match. Cardona kicks out.
.@HakimZane may have just destroyed @TheMattCardona's knee. #Emergence
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Back on the outside, Shera connects a cheap shot on Cardona while the referee’s back is turned. Raju applauds his ally’s effort. Chelsea Green fires Cardona open. He runs back into the ring and lands a nice forearm, but Raju catches him with a high knee to the side of his skull. Another cover, another kick out from Cardona. Raju extends Cardona’s arm into an armbar. Cardona looks for a suplex. Raju counters. Cardona counters Raju’s counter and turns it into a neckbreaker. Cardona gains a head of steam with a single baseball slide kick. Cardona hits another neckbreaker. Raju connects more combination offense for another near-fall count. Raju eats a big boot in the corner. Cardona looks for a double-leg hook. Raju kicks out.
Raju catches Cardona with a crossface. Raju turns it into a textbook slam for another near-fall. Cardona lands a second rope dropkick. Cardona was seconds away from winning it all, but Raju breaks his hopes up – for now. Shera climbs up on the apron to distract Cardona. Raju plants a reverse STO, and stacks Cardona up. Raju has his feet up on the ropes. The referee sees this and breaks the count. Cardona capitalizes with Radio Silence for the pinfall victory!
Winner: Matt Cardona
Post-Match: Shera goes wild on Matt Cardona. Chelsea Green climbs into the ring and breaks it up.
D’Lo Brown and Matt Striker run through the other matches set for tonight’s show! We head back to the ring for more hard hitting action.
Tasha Steelz, Savannah Evans, Fallah Bahh & No Way vs. Decay
Rosemary and Tasha Steelz square off first. The fans are all pulling for Rosemary with unison chants. Fallah Bahh is having a hard time trying to get fans behind him and his steam. Steelz tells Bahh to stop it. Some stalling occurs as both women prefer to talk a little smack instead of brawl it out. Steelz makes a tag to Savannah Evans. Evans charges in on Rosemary. Rosemary tosses Evans into the corner and lays some shots in before bringing Crazzy Steve in.
Crazzy Steve bits Evans’ face! Evans makes a hot tag to No Way. No Way continues wearing Steve down and makes a tag to Fallah Bahh. Black Taurus is in for Steve. Taurus executes a perfect slingblade and tosses Bahh over to his corner. Havok and Rosemary smother Bahh with bites. Decay piles on and helps keep Bahh down as Steve comes back in and connects a dropkick. Tags are made to both Evans and Rosemary again. Evans drops Rosemary with a butterfly suplex, then hooks the leg on Rosemary for a two count.
Poor @FALLAH1 just can't escape being eaten. #Emergence @WeAreRosemary @FearHavok @steveofcrazzy
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Steelz is tagged in by Evans. Steelz rolls Rosemary through with a snapmare and tags Evans back in. Evans catches The Demon Assisan with a scoop and slam. Evans drags Rosemary by her ankle to make a tag to Steelz. Rosemary crawls quickly to her side to tag in her Knockouts partner Havok. Havok drives Evans into the mat with her Sky High. Evans and Havok trade heavy shots. Evans keeps Havok focused while Steelz climbs on her back. Havok shoos her off and brings Crazzy Steve back in. No Way comes in and hits a powerslam on Steve, but it isn’t enough to gain the win.
Black Taurus comes in for Steve and leaps off the middle rope with a beautiful flipping corkscrew. Rosemary comes in to help Taurus land a double spear on Bahh. That will be enough for them to gain the pinfall victory!
Winners: Decay
– Violent By Design will continue to fight to reclaim their tag team gold.
"This is what belief looks like." @TheEricYoung and Violent By Design plan to gain control again TONIGHT. #Emergence pic.twitter.com/yZCKkXEh0w
— IMPACT (@IMPACTWRESTLING) August 20, 2021
Newcomer Steve Maclin will receive an opportunity to get his hand on Impact veteran Petey Williams next!
Steve Maclin vs. Petey Williams
Steve Maclin refuses to let Petey Williams make his entrance to the ring. Maclin throws down with the veteran. Williams finds his footing with a well-placed tornado DDT. Williams is ready to go and end this early with a Canadian Destroyer. Maclin breaks it up. Maclin flies out of the ring and puts his hands on Maclin with a flurry of punches. Williams was on a roll before Maclin puts the breaks on by dismissing Williams’ rana with a vertical suplex. Maclin continues the onslaught with a Cactus Jack-inspired elbow drop. Maclin floats over for the first pin in the match. Williams kicks out.
.@SteveMaclin with a move out of the @RealMickFoley playbook with an elbow off the apron. #Emergence
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Maclin hits a modified backbreaker after choking the life out of Maclin over on the ropes. Maclin sends Williams inside out with a clothesline before raining vicious punches down on the legend. Williams fights out of the corner, but Maclin tries to trap him in another corner. Maclin eats a boot following his charge in the corner. Williams goes round and round with a tilt-a-whirl but planting a knee. Maclin cancels another Canadian Destroyer and turns it into a double underhook/backbreaker combination. Williams is on the apron and goes up and over, wiping Maclin out for a mere second. Williams gets caught in the crosshairs after getting trapped in the tree of woe position. Maclin slams into Williams with a low spear, but it still isn’t enough to end Williams!
Williams pays homage to Bret Hart with a sharpshooter. Maclin bites him to break it up. The referee doesn’t see Maclin land a low blow on Williams. This benefits Maclin as he hoists Williams up and drops him on the mat with an inverted facelock sitdown slam. Cover. 1-2-3, Maclin maintains his undefeated streak.
Winner: Steve Maclin
Backstage: Despite having the odds stacked against her, Taylor Wilde is ready to conquer her former – and now current foe – Madison Rayne.
Taylor Wilde vs. Madison Rayne (w/Tenille Dashwood & Kaleb)
Taylor Wilde is explosive seconds after the bell rings. Wilde grabs Madison Rayne, and they tangle in a collar and elbow tie-up. They reset. Rayne puts Wilde in a wrist lock. Wilde reverses it. Rayne gets her foot on the bottom rope for a break. Wilde applies a waistlock then turns it another wrist control lock up. Rayne tries to reverse it. Wilde turns it into a series of arm drags. Rayne slips out of the ring to catch her breath. Wilde doesn’t care to wait; she flies out of the ring with a well-planted suicide dive on everyone!
.@MadisonRayne connects with the ripcord cutter. #Emergence
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Rayne uses the ropes to her advantage by smacking them on Wilde during her slingshot attempt. Both women trade elbow smashes. Wilde whips Rayne towards the ropes and connects a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker for only a near-fall count! Rayne eats a single knee drop in the corner. Rayne hits a ripcord cutter for only a two count. Wilde drives Rayne into the mat with her Wilde Ride finisher. Is this it? 1-2, Kaleb breaks it up. Tenille Dashwood runs in and lands a cheap shot on Wilde. Rayne then stacks Wilde up and seals the deal with a pinfall win.
Winner: Madison Rayne
Backstage: Doc Gallows is feeling the effects from his match against Joe Doering last night. Karl Anderson tells Gia Miller to leave him alone. Anderson says Gallows is cleared and ready to go defend their Impact World Tag Team Championship against Violent By Design and Rich Swann & Willie Mack later on. Gallows takes over the interview by saying when you’re The Good Brothers, all it takes is the same old recipe -The Magic Killer – for them to retain.
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